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Crimson Dynamo | The voice of reason
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Crimson Dynamo | The voice of reason
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While the intensity of a lightning strike can make them appear as thick bolts across the sky, the actual width of a lightning bolt is only about 2-3 cm. The average length of a lightning bolt is about 2-3 miles.
The charge carried down this small channel is so intense that the temperature of the lightning reaches 30,000 °C - that's five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
Source : UK Met Office
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